What is Oman?

Oman is a Sultanate on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula (not confused with Jordan’s capital Amman, Ukraine’s Uman, and Iran’s Omman)._x000D_

News Fact:

_x000D_Oman was already facing economic trouble with tens of billions of dollars of outstanding debts and difficulty finding enough work for its young people when the coronavirus pandemic hit, further depressing growth in this nation of 4.5 million people. Protests over mass layoffs and Oman’s poor economy spread Tuesday, May 25, 2021,  to cities across the sultanate, a decade after its Arab Spring protests.